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In 2019, an activity called “Mario Secret Message Fun Decoding” was posted on Nintendo of America’s official activity site. The top image presents an encoded answer to the following question:
Oh no! Undodog undid Cat Mario’s homework! What will Cat Mario do now?
The bottom image shows the key to decoding the top image. The answer is provided in an image linked here to avoid spoiling the solution.
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Limited edition anniversary 3D light-up Mario crystal from the Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan.
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The 1992 Super Mario Bros. pinball machine featured a voice for Mario that sounds very similar to Charles Martinet’s later portrayal of him. A currently unverified story by a poster on the Pinside pinball forums claims that the poster asked Charles Martinet about it in person, and that Martinet had claimed that it was in fact his voice, using an earlier portrayal of Mario.
While Martinet only started voicing Mario in games with Mario’s Game Gallery in 1994, he had been voicing Mario as part of the Mario In Real Time interactive experiences at Nintendo trade shows since 1991. According to the poster, Martinet claimed that the lines used in the pinball machine were recorded from an early Mario In Real Time session where the voice was not finalized, and used without his knowledge or permission, as well as without him being credited. Martinet has not commented publicly on this matter.
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Officially licensed 1993 Mario and Yoshi bumper cars from Japan.
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Officially licensed 2003 “Hot Mario Bros.” poster from Japan.
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Japan-exclusive 2014 officially licensed New Nintendo 3DS Boo cover plates. The Boos are somewhat hidden between the clouds on the illustration. In addition, the clouds on the upper cover spell “Kawaii”.
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In 2015, Tower Dining, a restaurant in Ebisu, Tokyo, collaborated with Nintendo to offer a number of Mario-themed dishes for a limited time for the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary celebration. One of them was this “Bowser Taco Rice”, which used taco ingredients to create an approximation of Bowser’s shell with spikes.
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Officially licensed Bob-omb headband, available exclusively at the Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan.
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Promotional photo from a 2015 convention for GungHo Online Entertainment, the developers of the Puzzle & Dragons series, featuring Mario, Luigi and Tamadra to promote Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.
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Original 3D animation from a 1999 Australian commercial for Game Boy Color variations with clear/translucent cases, featuring Mario attempting to scale an icy surface before breaking it.
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